Human Rights and the Impact of Religion

Johannes A. (Hans) van der Ven, PhD Nijmegen 1973, Honorary Doctor Lund 1998, is research associate for religion and human rights in the department of political philosophy at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He publishes extensively on religion and human rights in a theoretical and empirical perspective including Human Rights or Religious Rules?, Brill, Leiden 2010.Hans-Georg Ziebertz, PhD theol. 1990 Nijmegen, PhD rer.soc Tübingen 1993, is holding the chair of Practical Theology /Religious Education at the University of Würzburg, Germany. Recently he published books on Youth in Europe, Gender in Islam and Christianity, and on Religion and Human Rights (Menschenrechte, Christentum und Islam, LIT, Münster 2010).

This is a "superb" and "impressive" book, according to Derek H. Davis: "All of the essays included in this volume are far richer in content and research findings that can be presented in a brief book review. Emperical reserach in the human rights field is scanty at best, thus Brill and the editors and contributors of the series' volumes are to be commended for making needed contributions to advancing human rights theory and practice with the publication of these volumes."Derek H Davis, Waco, Texas (USA)

• Introduction ... 1Johannes A. van der Ven and Hans-Georg ZiebertzBetween Sanctity and Depravity: Human Dignity and Human Rights in Classical Lutheran Perspective ... 9ohn WitteRights, Resistance, and Revolution in the Western Tradition: Early Protestant Foundations ... 25John WitteHuman Rights in the History of the Roman Catholic Church ... 55Rik Torfs(In)compatibility of Religion and Human Rights: The Case of Islam ... 75Ruud PetersReligion, Personality and Human Rights: An Empirical Study among Adolescents in England and Wales Distinguishingbetween Religious Identity and Textual Authority among Christians and Muslims ... 97Leslie J. Francis and Mandy RobbinsReligion and Attitudes towards Euthanasia and Abortion. An Empirical Study among Young Christians and Muslims in Germany ... 119Hans-Georg Ziebertz and Marion ReindlAttitudes towards Human Rights and Religiosity: A Case of Turkish Adolescents ... 145Üzeyir Ok and Selim ErenTowards a Legitimate Role of Religion in the Domain of Socioeconomic Rights. An Empirical Study among Adolescents in North WestEuropean countries ... 165Johannes A. van der VenPublic Significance of Religion with regard to Socioeconomic Rights in the Multireligious Context of Tamil Nadu, India ... 203Francis-Vincent AnthonyReligion and Attitudes towards Socioeconomic Human Rights. An Empirical Study of Young Adults in Norway ... 243Pål Ketil BotvarList of Contributors ... 263Index ... xx